Note: This is a legacy document, provided for the convenience of Yojimbo 3.x users who are unable to upgrade to Yojimbo 4 due to OS or hardware constraints. The use of Dropbox for sharing a Yojimbo data store between two computers is not supported in Yojimbo 4, and we do not encourage you to attempt it.

Background

It is possible to use Dropbox to transfer your Yojimbo data between machines, with these important caveats:

You must manually configure your machines to do this (via the Terminal).

You may only keep Yojimbo open on one machine at a time.

So for example, if you have a Mac at home and another at work, you must quit Yojimbo on the home machine before using it on the work machine (or vice versa).

We have provided these instructions for convenience but do not support this method.

Instructions

To prepare your Yojimbo data for use with Dropbox, perform the following steps in order: